Call it a cryptid claim to fame. The riverside community of Columbia, Lancaster County, has latched onto the long-held lore of the Albatwitch, a small, fury creature that dates to Native American ...

In the late 1880s, a mysterious creature haunted Clark Alley in York, disguising itself as a horse thief, a boy selling newspapers and even a bottle of beer. It was never caught, but what was it — a ...

The study of extremely rare or mythical creatures like Bigfoot, called cryptozoology, is generally considered a fringe science, lacking the type of robust analysis required to appear in peer-reviewed ...

California Assembly Bill 666 would make Bigfoot the official state cryptid. The bill's author says it's meant to be a fun moment of levity during challenging times. Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch, ...

Loren Coleman is a pioneer of cryptozoology, the study of “hidden animals." He has published several books and runs a museum featuring thousands of artifacts. For Global Ideas, he explains a very ...

Editor's note: The Pocono Record and Tri-County Independent have collaborated for a series of stories called Mountain Beasts: Pocono cryptids, legends and lore. We hope you enjoy this foray into the ...